Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first and last

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.66 in modern English

Syllables: first and last
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

only

noun

A person's combined given name and surname.

adv

altogether; wholly

Example Sentences

"This is the first and last time I'm doing this."
"Hi, Yes, I'm here to register as a new primary care patient. OK, I'll have you fill out a form on this digital tablet, but first I need your first and last, date of birth, and the last four of your social [the ending digits of an identification number]."
"He is a gentleman, first and last."
"I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death."

Inflected Forms

firsts and lasts (plural)

Phrases

one and only

Frequently Paired Words

one and only

Synonyms

absolutely all-out tout à fait all the way stone-cold blind altogether stark cold at large at length cap-a-pie

Questions

What does first and last mean?: only

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